April
Browse April 2008 news stories
- Wednesday 30 April 2008 Child migrants suffering abuse across southern Africa
- Children who travel alone across southern Africa have told how they have been beaten by authorities, had their possessions confiscated and been vulnerable to sexual abuse.
- Monday 28 April 2008 Children's shop Magic Attic launches in Derby
- Our first children's shop, Magic Attic, has opened in Derby.
- Friday 25 April 2008 Mayoral candidates commit to child poverty target
- With 650,000 children in London living in poverty, the three leading candidates for Mayor of London have pledged that tackling child poverty will be a key priority should they be elected.
- Thursday 24 April 2008 Save the Children's Asia Director makes first visit to Northern Ireland
- Dr Balwant Singh, Save the Children's Regional Director in South & Central Asia has met with volunteers, politicians and schoolchildren on his first visit to Northern Ireland.
- Wednesday 23 April 2008 Celebrities join Save the Children on World Malaria Day
- Celebrities join Save the Children on the first international World Malaria Day this Friday 25th April to show how something as simple as a mosquito net can help save a child's life.
- Monday 21 April 2008 G8 action urged to save children's lives
- The Partnership for Maternal, Newborn & Child Health has called on G8 leaders to commit to new, long-term financing for essential interventions that could avert the deaths of over 6 million mothers, newborns and children every year
- Friday 18 April 2008 Save the Children statement on global hunger
- Food prices are increasingly a matter of life and death for children from poor families. Many families couldn't afford a nutritious diet even before prices went up. But a doubling or more of the price of staple foods will be a catastrophe
- Friday 18 April 2008 EastEnders star Nina Wadia swaps the postroom for the classroom in world record breaking attempt
- Save the Children campaigner and actor Nina Wadia will be going back to her old school to teach a lesson for the Global Campaign for Education
- Friday 11 April 2008 Paul O'Grady urges millions to get involved with Save the Children
- TV presenter Paul O'Grady recently saw first hand what life is like for children in Free State, South Africa, where one in three children don't have enough to eat and one in five children don't go to school
- Friday 11 April 2008 Zimbabwe's children urgently need an end to ongoing crisis
- Save the Children's statement in advance of African leaders meeting about Zimbabwe elections in Zambia.
